Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Week 11: Peaches and Cream Cupcakes

Gorgeous!

Look at that color! This is the peach filling.

This stuff is no joke!

These are moist, light and not too sweet.

Summer-sized bite of yummy.
What says summer better than peaches? Well, beside strawberries, watermelon, blueberries, corn on the cob, squash, cucumbers and tomatoes. (That word looks weird spelled out, don't you think?) OK, I see your point. There are many wonderful things about summer but peaches shout it to me. That's why I thought these cupcakes sounded delicious. They are from the show "Cupcake Wars" in the Food Network and were one of the recipes made by Goodie Girls. You can find the recipe here. I did use a cake mix and added the peach puree and I also added a half a bag of peach Jell-O mix although I am not sure I can taste that. I wasn't able to find peach extract but was a little afraid it would taste like fake peach. That would just be wrong on so many levels. You are probably asking how using peach Jell-O would be any better. I am not sure either. It seemed like a good idea at the time. I don't claim to be an expert just a cupcake-loving, everyday girl.
This recipe uses Mascarpone cheese in the frosting. Another Italian word. When I go to Italy someday, I am going to ask a nice Italian native to say this word. Said correctly, it it kind of poetic. I love cheese. All kinds. It's so not figure-friendly or good for the Ol' ticker but I figure if I use it in frosting and eat just one cupcake it breaks down the percentage of fat to a tolerable amount. I say this knowing I am the worst person in the world when it comes to any type of math. So you probably shouldn't take my word for it. I will ask my brother-in-law, he is kind of brilliant, like aeronautical engineer brilliant. I once asked him when he realized he was a genius. I said it was in kindergarten. He has never really answered me because I think that's how
Über smart people are. They don't need to prove anything to anyone about their smartness. Why do some people have all the synapses to be so stinkin' smart and others like me can only manage to figure out enough math for baking measurements? I will continue to use my giftedness as I was created and ask questions later. Enjoy these summery, deliciously sweet cupcakes and ask questions later too.

3 comments:

pammycakes said...

aaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh you did it...and these sound yummy...and i can say marscapone for you in italian....you will love it ....i'll do it when i see you.....
i wish you could just send me one...mmmm

Sherrill Christen said...

wish i was there to enjoy......

Anonymous said...

They were soooooooo good !! almost as good as kissing the baker !! love your cupcakes oops not suppose to go there on this family friendly blog